The economy today is built on debt and speculation instead of production and customer satisfaction. Venture capital firms are destroying heritage brands while regulatory capture protects them all from new competition. Our money is falling in value while costs for everything we need rises. But we have smartphones and HDTV and laptops, so how dare we complain?
There's always a sales pitch to the effect that we are "better off" because of all the ostensible "innovations and benefits" being foisted upon us.
Just this morning I wasted a good 20 minutes trying to figure out how to shut OFF some push technology newsfeed my cell provider thinks I "should" want, whenever I unlock my phone.
No. No thanks. I just want to make a call, not be force-indoctrinated into some official narrative.
And yes, I got it turned off... but it's 20 minutes of my life I'll never get back.